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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090221157 | Electrical connector A connector to be connected to a mating connector includes a housing having a receptacle recess portion for receiving the mating connector, and a terminal retained in the housing. The housing includes a containing groove extending in a connecting direction for containin... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090221158 | Socket having engaing clump A socket, for electrically connecting an IC package with gaps on two sides thereof and a printed circuit board, comprises an insulative housing, a plurality of contacts received in the insulative housing and a pair of engaging clumps. The insulative housing has a bottom... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090221159 | Electrical connector An electrical connector for electrically connecting a chip module to a printed circuit board includes an insulative housing with a number of contacts, a metal stiffener surrounding the insulative housing, a metal clip pivotally assembled to one end of the metal stiffene... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090221160 | Electric junction box for motor vehicle An electrical junction box for a motor vehicle including a casing body that contains inner circuit members, an upper cover and a lower cover that are mounted and locked on the casing body, and a wire harness connected to the inner circuit members. The casing body includ... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090221161 | Electrical connector with cover An electrical connector assembly comprises a male connector and a female connector. The male connector comprise a body having a male mating face, a first abutment face and a first mounting face and a plurality of first contacts each of which has a first male engaging se... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090221162 | Socket assembly with backplane A socket assembly mounted on a printed circuit board comprises a socket mounted upon the printed circuit board; a metal backplane, mounted below the printed circuit board and configured with a board-like shape; and an insulative sheet. The insulative sheet is sandwiched... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090221163 | DUAL INTERFACE SEPARABLE INSULATED CONNECTOR WITH OVERMOLDED FARADAY CAGE A dual interface separable insulated connector comprising a faraday cage molded over a bus bar for use in an electric power system and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The faraday cage can be disposed within a semi-conductive shell. The configuration of ... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090221164 | Connector A connector includes a housing and a plurality of contact module assemblies in the housing, wherein each contact module assembly includes a first signal contact module where a first signal contact body is inserted in a first resin molded part, a second signal contact mo... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090221165 | CROSS TALK REDUCTION FOR HIGH SPEED ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS Example electrical connectors are provided including a plurality of electrical contacts configured to communicate between electrical devices. The plurality of electrical contacts includes a plurality of ground contacts. A ground coupling assembly is configured to electr... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090221166 | ELECTRICAL DEVICE WITH AN I/O WIRING INTERFACE An I/O wiring interface (100) provides an electrical and mechanical connection for a plurality of wires (210) terminating in the I/O wiring interface (100). The I/O wiring interface (100) comprises a mechanical housing (130) into which... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090221167 | Electrical connector An electrical connector including a housing; electrical contacts connected to the housing; and a mate assist system for assisting in mating the electrical connector to a mating electrical connector. The mate assist system includes a lever pivotably connected to the hous... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090221168 | Memory card connector with improved sliding structure to reduce friction A memory card connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing, a card eject mechanism and metal shell attached to the insulative housing. The insulative housing defines a card receiving cavity for insertion of a memor... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090221169 | AC/DC RACEWAY ASSEMBLY An AC/DC raceway assembly (400) includes a pair of junction blocks (402). At least one of the junction blocks (402) includes a pair of DC buses or wires (DC-1, DC-2) carrying DC power. A DC receptacle block (410) is electrically... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090221170 | Adaptive Plug With Discriminating Functionality A charging plug for charging a mobile terminal, includes a plug element for carrying current, and also includes a portion extending beyond the plug element. That portion is long enough to prevent the plug element from contacting the mobile ... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090221171 | MULTI-PIN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR An electrical pin field (200) includes a gasket (312), a support member (204) and a plurality of electrically conductive pins (202). The molded member has a main body (320) with a groove (310) formed therein. The groove is sized... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090221172 | Latching device for locking a daughter board in an edge connector A latching device includes a base member of insulating material including a bridge portion and a pair of board-connecting portions connected by the bridge portion; a metallic latching member located at a front face of the bridge portion of the base member and including ... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090221173 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR The electric connector comprises a first plug-in or receiving part (2) and a second plug-in or male plug (3) which are electrically connectable by relatively translating the plugging parts (2, 3) along a connection axis (X) and is characterised in t... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090221174 | Card Connector A card connector (10) may receive first and second cards includes a housing (11) having an insertion opening for receiving cards (51a and 51b), a plurality of first connection terminals (15a) disposed in the housin... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090221175 | Wire Harness Interconnection and Retention Method and Apparatus A smaller conductor having an uninsulated portion and an insulated portion is positioned adjacent a larger conductor having an insulated portion and a conductive portion within said insulated portion and the two conductors are joined by a discontinuous metal band having... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090221176 | PLUG ASSEMBLY WITH STRAIN RELIEF A plug assembly with strain relief includes a housing and a clamping basket which has radially movable clamping fingers. The clamping basket defines an axis and is constructed to allow insertion of a cable into the housing in a direction of the axis. A rotary sleeve is ... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090221177 | SEGMENTED ANNULAR GLAND CHUCK FOR TERMINATING AN ELECTRICAL CABLE The invention provides a connector for terminating an electrical cable, including: a connector body having a receiving and an egressing end, axially bored therethrough; a compression nut attachable to the cable egressing end; and an annular segmented gland chuck for eng... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090221178 | Electrical Connector for Flat Cable An electrical connector for a flat sheet-like cable includes an insulative housing with a plurality of terminals and an actuator. The actuator is moveable between a first insertion position and a second operational position with the first position permitting insertion o... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090221179 | TAMPER RESISTANT FACEPLATE SYSTEM A tamper resistant faceplate assembly includes a faceplate base and a removably attached cover. The faceplate base presents ports (such as RJ-type jacks, fiber optic couplers and/or coaxial F-type connectors) at a downwardly directed angle. The cover includes several ca... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090221180 | ELECTRICAL TERMINATION DEVICE An electrical termination device includes an electrically conductive shield element, an insulator disposed within the shield element, and one or more electrical contacts supported within and electrically isolated from the shield element by the insulator. The insulator i... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090221181 | ELECTRICAL PLUG-TYPE CONNECTOR The invention relates to an electrical plug-type connector (1) having a socket-like contact element (6), which is arranged in a contact chamber (2), which comprises at least two chamber parts (3, 4), which bear against one another with in eac... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090221182 | Card connector A card connector comprises a plurality of contacts, a frame, a shell and a locator. Each of the plurality of contacts comprises a first portion extending in a first direction and a second portion extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. Each... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090221183 | Connector system for connecting a first part and a second part, connector assembly and device board A method including providing a connector having a plurality of signal contacts and non-signal contacts. A circuit trace element is provided to be disposed within the connector. The circuit trace element has a ground structure. The circuit trace element has at least two ... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090221184 | Card Connector A card connector is configured for receiving a generally rectangular card therein. The card has contact pads and generally parallel first and second sides with a cut-away portion formed in the first side in proximity to a front end of the card. The cut-away portion incl... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090221185 | Plug-In Adapter The invention relates to a plug-in adapter for establishing an electrical connection between contacts of a plug, which is fixed to the end of a cable, and contact surfaces of a patch panel, which are formed on the edge of a printed circuit board. The plug-in adapter com... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090221186 | Conductive Contact Holder and Conductive Contact Unit A conductive contact holder and a conductive contact unit with improved corrosion resistance and with excellent durability are provided. To this end, there is provided: a holder substrate having a first opening that accepts a signaling conductive contact that inputs and... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090221187 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY In one exemplary embodiment, an electrical connector including a D-subminiature connector assembly that includes a base; a D-subminiature connector mounted to the base; and a header mounted to the base. The header has a plurality of internal contacts and an open rear en... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090221188 | CONNECTOR AND PORT THEREOF A connector includes a plug and a port. The port defines a notch and a groove in an inner surface of the port. The groove extends in the inner surface along a circumferential direction. The notch extends from an opening in the port and communicates with the groove. The ... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090221189 | Press-contacting conductive terminal device A press-contacting conductive terminal device comprises a non-conductive enclosure, a base, a contact member and a resilient member. The non-conductive enclosure defines a cylindrically shaped through hole. A front end and a rear end of the through hole having a first o... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090221190 | Electric connector housing An electric connector housing that is, even though small in size, capable of fixing a connection terminal with large engagement force. An upper cover (22) is placed on a holder (21) where a connection terminal (11) is fixed, and the holder (21 | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090221191 | ELECTRICAL TERMINAL BLOCK An electrical terminal block, especially for locking onto a mounting rail, has a plurality of adjacent base terminals and connectors. Each base terminal has a terminal housing, with at least one conductor terminal element and at least one receptacle electrically connect... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090221192 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING IMPROVED TERMINAL CONFIGURATION An electrical terminal of the type to be inserted into an aperture of an electrical panel member is provided. The electrical terminal may include a base, an insertion portion extending from the base to a first end, a slit formed through the insertion portion and definin... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090221193 | MARINE PROPULSION SYSTEM A marine propulsion system that achieves both an acceleration performance and top speed closer to the performance desired by a boat driver includes an engine, propellers rotated by the driving force of the engine, a transmission mechanism arranged to convey the driving ... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090221194 | BOAT PROPULSION SYSTEM A boat propulsion system that easily and finely adjusts the rotational speed of a propeller includes an outboard motor including an engine, a propeller, a shift mechanism, and a control device. The control device controls engaging states of clutches so that the rotation... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090221195 | BOAT PROPULSION SYSTEM AND CONTROL UNIT A boat propulsion system that easily and finely adjusts the rotational speed of a propeller includes an outboard motor including a power source, a propeller, a control lever to which an accelerator opening is input, an accelerator opening detection section arranged to o... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090221196 | TORSIONAL CONTROL BOAT THROTTLE SYSTEM A torsional throttle control system is provided that may include any of a number of features. One feature of the throttle control system is twist-style grip that has an axis with an angle adjustable to a housing. Another feature comprises trim and/or outboard motor cont... | 09/03/2009 |
